Medicine-carrier.



No. 692,|66. Patented Jan. 28, I902.

' J. SCHAFFER.

mzmcma CARRIER.

(Application filed Sept. 21, 1901.)

(No Model.)

INVENTOR- ATTORNEY NITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAKOB SCI-IAFFER, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

MEDICINE-CARRIER.

$PECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 692,166, dated January28, 1902. Application filed geptember 21, 1901 SerislNo. 76,097. (Nomodel.)

To ctZZ whom it mctyconccrn:

Be it known that I, J AKOB SOHAFFER, a citi-.

zen of the United States, residing at Manhattan borough, NewYork city,in the county of New York, State of New York, have invented new anduseful Improvements-in Medicine- Garriers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a support or carrier by which medicines orremedies, with their accompaniment, such as time and directions, can beplaced in alinementto avoid the liability of error, as set forth in thefollowing specification and claims and illustrated in the annexeddrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the carrier. Fig.2 is a sectional side elevation of Fig. 1.

In the drawings is shown a lid or support a, provided with a remedy ormedicine bottle b and an erasive tablet c and time-indicator d, relatingto such remedy and placed in alinement therewith. Several such rows areshown; but the explanation of one will ex= plain the others. Anattachment or hook e on the lid or support serves for the attachment ofa watch or timepiece f. The timeindicator consists of a dial-face d,provided with settable hands g, so that these hands can be made tosuccessivelyindicate the time or hour when the respective remedy is tobe used. Such time-indicator with tablet being in line with the remedy,confusion or mistake is guarded against. The lid is provided with orsupported by a suitable base portion or foot. Inthe drawings the lid andbase portions h are shown hinged to one another at 1;. The base portionbeing provided with suitable seats or recesses for the remedies orbottles, the latter can be held securely in position and in line withtheir respective directions. Suitable clamps or spring-arms 7.0 willform seats for holding the bottles firmly in position. The base portionh is of box form, it having one or more pivoted catches, as h, to engagethe lid a, so as to hold the latterina position perpendicular to saidboxlike body portion. When the bottles I) are taken from the seats is,they can be laid in the said body portion,and the timepiece f can beunhooked and likewise disposed of, after which the catches h can bedisengaged from the lid and the latter swung down upon the body portion,thereby closing the same, so that the carrier can be stored away withoutoccupying too much space.

The tablets 0 being erasive, the directions written or marked thereoncan be altered as required, and as a remedy has been used at itsindicated time the respective hands g can be setto indicate the nextsucceeding period .when such particular remedy or medicinebottle is tobe used.

The device might be provided with a suitable alarmor mechanism whichbeing set to automatically indicate a certain hour will thus callattention to the remedy to be ap* plied or used at such hour.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Alid and abase portion hinged to one another, said base portionhaving seats for remedy or medicine bottles and said lid having anerasive tabletand atime-indicating dial with settable hands all placedin alinement with the remedy substantially as described.

2. A box-like body portion and a lid hinged thereto, one of said partshaving a catch to engage the other for upholding the lid, and the bodyportion having means for the detachable reception of a bottle or otherreceptacle and the lid having time indicating means.

3. A box-like body portion, a lid hinged thereto, a catch on the bodyportion to engage the lid for upholding the same, a row of seats in saidbody portion for detachably securing bottles or other receptacles, and arow of time-indicating devices on the lid correspondiug in number withthe seats.

4. A box-like body portion, a lid hinged thereto, a catch on the bodyportion to engage the lid for upholding the same, a row of seats in saidbody portion for detachably securing bottles or other receptacles, a rowof time-indicating devices on the lid corresponding in number with theseats, erasive substance on the lid and means upon said lid fordetachably sustaining a timepiece.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JAKOB SCHAFFER. Witnesses:

CHAS. E. POEUSGEN, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

